Highlights from the HALI 200 Special Anniversary Edition:

Profile
Legendary basketball player and carpet collector Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Common thread
A look at ikat weavings from around the world

Thread of time
Two rugs in the Burrell Collection in Glasgow are key to ongoing developments in carpet research

Features
Rewriting the history of early carpets • Karun Thakar’s diverse textile collections • The history of metal-enhanced textiles • Berber costume • Turkmen needlework • A rediscovered Mamluk carpet • Editor’s choice • The El Kholti Collection of Rabat embroideries • Hans Christian Sienknecht’s Turkmen carpets • The Zaleski Collection of Turkish village weavings • Carpets from the tomb of Shah Abbas II

Reviews
Indonesian Textiles at the Tropenmuseum by Itie van Hout and Sonja Wijs

Marketplace
A new era for antique carpets and textiles • The HALI Fair

Last page
Depictions alongside the ladies of the Sala delle Dame in Lombardy constitute one of the earliest visual records of Mamluk carpets in Italy

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